To a wise and good man the whole earth is his fatherland.

The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are…

— Confucius

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive…

— Thomas a Kempis

We’re neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know.

— Voltaire

To a wise man, the whole earth is open; for the native land of a good soul is the whole earth.

— Democritus

The whole Earth is at the hand of the wise man, since the fatherland of an elevated soul is the Universe.

— Democritus

Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man.

— Gary D. Schmidt

How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will.

— Albert Einstein

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays…

— Hesiod

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few.

— Richard Baxter

“Even if we’ve never met them in person but only heard about them in stories, we are drawn to the wise and good, and…

— Donald J. Robertson

Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.

— William Shakespeare

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should…

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

“I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good We'll do the best we know. We'll build our house and chop our wood And make our…

— Leonard Bernstein

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.

— P. J. O'Rourke